The Ontario Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA) filed formal complaints this month against Aviva Canada and Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT) adjudicator Thérèse Reilly, alleging the adjudicator was in a “conflict of interest” when she continued adjudicating LAT tribunal panels in insurance…
Frustrated at losing a deal in a competitive marketplace? Don’t take it out on the client, B.C.’s broker regulator has warned. A B.C. broker received a reprimand from the Insurance Council of B.C. for sending an angry letter to a…
Ontario’s financial services regulator is consulting on proposed guidance for how and when it issues public warning notices. The guidance applies to all sectors (except pensions) regulated by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA), which includes property and…
In the United States, the White House has floated the idea of a total ban on ransomware payments, a move that could change the role of a company’s chief information and security officer (CISO), says one expert on corporate information…
Ontario’s insurance regulator has fined Aviva Insurance Company of Canada (AIC) and its subsidiary S&Y Insurance Company (S&Y) $300,000 each for breaching the province’s “take all comers” rule for auto insurance. In a settlement with the Financial Services Regulatory Authority…
A Manitoba broker has been fined $500 and ordered to pay investigation costs of $2,000 for failing to disclose to the province’s broker regulator that he had previously been the subject of a disciplinary investigation by B.C.’s broker regulator. “The…
Editor’s Note: On Friday July 21, 2023, Canadian Underwriter sent out an e-newsletter with an incorrect subject heading, implying that Zenith pulled out of auto insurance in Alberta. In fact, Zenith has only cancelled a contract with a brokerage that…
FS Insurance Brokers (FSIB), a B.C. insurance broker that has common ownership with a strata property management company, has won a limited injunction against a new rule proposed by the province’s broker regulator, pending judicial review of the new rule.…
Alberta’s new UCP government has tasked its minister of finance, Nate Horner, to come up with options for auto insurance reform. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith sent a mandate letter to Horner dated July 13 instructing Horner to lead a review…
Canada’s hospitality sector was particularly hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, with government-mandated shutdowns and restrictions grinding the industry to a halt. Now, as restaurants return to pre-pandemic foot traffic and revenue levels, the need for insurance solutions and capacity is…
Canada’s solvency regulator has published its draft Climate Risk Returns for federally regulated P&C insurance companies, proposing in detail how insurers should be calculating any real and potential climate risks on their books. The forms were created in partnership between…
Ottawa’s effort to build policy around flood risk in the face of climate change is important, but it overlooks a peril that could be far more catastrophic for Canadian P&C insurers, Alister Campbell, president and CEO of Property and Casualty…